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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Thursday, January 7th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. Two historic stories erupted yesterday in the waning days of the Trump presidency. Early in the morning of January 6th, Reverend

Raphael Warnock was declared the winner of his

Senate runoff race in Georgia. In the afternoon, John Ossoff was declared the winner of his

Senate race in the state. As of January 20th, the Democratic Party will control both houses

of Congress as well as the presidency. In Washington, just before the Senate met to take the pro forma electoral vote count, affirming

Joe Biden as the next president, Trump gave a speech before thousands of supporters, telling

them yet again that the election was stolen.

He urged them to march on the Capitol. You will never take

back your country with weakness, he said. You have to show strength and you have to be strong.

As commanded, a mob of pro-Trump fanatics marched down the National Mall to the hill, pushed

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